Former Redcliffe MP Scott Driscoll due to front Parliament to respond to contempt charges

Updated
Thu 21 Nov 2013, 1:42 PM AEDT

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Mr Driscoll has previously denied any wrongdoing.

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Former Queensland MP Scott Driscoll is due to answer contempt charges at the Bar of Parliament today.

Mr Driscoll quit as the Member for Redcliffe on Tuesday after the parliamentary ethics committee found him guilty of contempt and recommended his expulsion and a $90,000 fine.

He has become the first Queensland MP since jailed former minister Gordon Nuttall to be summoned to answer charges at the Bar of Parliament.

It is expected that Mr Driscoll will take the opportunity to respond to the charges in the House at 11:00am (AEST).

Mr Driscoll was found guilty of misleading Parliament by falsely saying he had resigned as president of a retail lobby group at a meeting last year.

The committee found the meeting never took place.

The committee also says the former Government MP-turned-independent failed to declare income that he and his wife received both directly and indirectly from that lobby group and a local community organisation.

His business dealings are also being investigated by police and the Crime and Misconduct Commission.

Mr Driscoll has previously denied any wrongdoing.

The ethics committee has said it had been careful not to jeopardise other investigations by police and the Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC).

Mr Driscoll has made no public comment since being summoned to appear.

However, Mr Driscoll changed his profile picture yesterday on Twitter to 'Keep Calm and Enjoy Retirement'.